Comments on: In Which I Tell You about a Weighty Battle https://anitamathias.com/2014/01/31/tell-weighty-battle/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:33:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: The Power to Change Comes from Christ in Us, Our Hope of Glory - Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com/2014/01/31/tell-weighty-battle/#comment-54390 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 15:26:26 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=56895#comment-54390 […] The things which I do by worry and self-effort are not so blessed. My attempt to finish my memoir, say, or to lose weight. […]

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2014/01/31/tell-weighty-battle/#comment-53980 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 14:23:12 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=56895#comment-53980 In reply to Mollie Lyon.

Yes. “I believe depending on the Holy Spirit will lead you to the life Jesus had planned for you.”
It’s incredible that I embarked on this on my own strength, praying “help me,” but very much doing it on my own. No wonder I would fail in a few weeks or months!
“Work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to work and to act according to his good purpose” (Phil 2:13). I am trying to understand what this means, and what it means to rely on Jesus and the HOly Spirit within me, eating and not eating and exercising according to their directives, relying on the presence of GOD himself within me.

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2014/01/31/tell-weighty-battle/#comment-53975 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 10:40:31 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=56895#comment-53975 In reply to Bev Murrill.

Hi Bev, thanks for the visit
Maybe weight-lifting is the way forward as one grows older, or somehow increasing one’s activity levels (which, in my case, won’t be hard since I was particularly active in past decades!).

]]> By: Bev Murrill https://anitamathias.com/2014/01/31/tell-weighty-battle/#comment-53971 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 09:09:32 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=56895#comment-53971 It’s a battle, isn’t it. And more frustrating as you grow older, regarding weight.

As to waking earlier… I do wake early, but I go to bed late too, and I read that Cortisol is increased when you don’t get enough sleep… stress puts weight around your stomach.

]]> By: Mollie Lyon https://anitamathias.com/2014/01/31/tell-weighty-battle/#comment-53965 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 05:05:32 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=56895#comment-53965 You have written another great and timely piece, hitting many people’s nails on the head. That is wonderful on the fifteen pound weight loss. This life is always a journey and I believe depending on the Holy Spirit will lead you to the life Jesus had planned for you.

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2014/01/31/tell-weighty-battle/#comment-53953 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 21:55:29 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=56895#comment-53953 In reply to Rhoda.

On the other hand once I have a day where I eat what I like I almost go back to square 1!
Me, too. Not square 1, but I can gain 3-5 pounds on a week’s holiday which is a serious setback. We are going to France next month, and I am determined to somehow not allow myself to gain any weight!

]]> By: Rhoda https://anitamathias.com/2014/01/31/tell-weighty-battle/#comment-53950 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 20:29:48 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=56895#comment-53950 Well done on losing that 15lbs! I too am slowly losing, but I find I need prayer for it more than ever, and need to break the habits – once they’re broken it gets easier. On the other hand once I have a day where I eat what I like I almost go back to square 1!

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2014/01/31/tell-weighty-battle/#comment-53936 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 09:11:47 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=56895#comment-53936 In reply to Kathleen McAnear Smith.

Thanks, Kathleen, and welcome to my blog. I know we are friends on Twitter.
YES, I am excited about LEARNING how to “live by the spirit” and experience the Holy Spirit in this most intimate of areas, a struggle we have several times a day–wouldn’t it be exciting to experience God in it?

]]> By: Kathleen McAnear Smith https://anitamathias.com/2014/01/31/tell-weighty-battle/#comment-53935 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 08:42:42 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=56895#comment-53935 Anita, thank yo SO much for this blog entry. Having had years of gaining/needing to gain strength in trusting the Holy Spirit for my life…oh, the courage of trusting!; this year I believe I am to focus on healing in body. So, I am working on healthy eating and having time to enjoy the Lord. Jesus is amazing, which I know is an incredible understatement, but I am learning. I look forward to your entries on the weight loss topic, and I too; am figuring out how to get to the love I have of writing my blog. Happy February.

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2014/01/31/tell-weighty-battle/#comment-53932 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 06:54:49 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/?p=56895#comment-53932 In reply to Adriana.

Hi Adriana, YES, losing weight is SO hard. This time, I am determined to stick at it, no matter how slowly I lose it, because I really think the physical, emotional and spiritual benefits of losing it through exercise and healthy diet will be worth it.

Also, just as a limp in an otherwise healthy body can slow you down and make you stumble, I guess this weakness could cause myriad unwanted consequences.So I would like to try and win this time round.

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